A Union Photograph Case
Category
Photographs
Date
1856 - 1870
Materials
Plastic, Brass
Measurements
98 x 87 x 22 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520755
Summary
An ornate black thermoplastic Union case, depicting a relief image of mother and child surrounded by a plain border recto. The border is replicated verso, with an oval leaf and grapes motif. The case is unlined. It is rectangular in shape, has 2 brass hinges and has a small pin recto and verso with an interior clasp. The size is 1/6th plate.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986